Chiuri and Picciolo’s latest Ready to Wear collection is a case-in-point. The Fall/Winter 2015 show opened with several bold, graphic looks in black and white. That graphic use of black and white has been a Valentino signature since the mid-1960s: To wit, the suit from the Spring/Summer 1965 collection done in a magnified, handmade tweed of black and white velvet, jersey and valencienne lace ribbons, and the iconic black-and-white polka dot pantsuit so memorably photographed on Veruschka by Franco Rubartelli. The FW15 collection also featured several looks with chinoiserie graphics and embroidery, designed in collaboration with mod legend Celia Birtwell; the dragon motif was a direct homage to the one that Mr. Valentino used in his Fall/Winter 1968 collection.